Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Hybrid Gel Polymer Electrolytes of a Porous Structure

for Lithium Ion Battery

Chih-Hao Tsao, Chun-Han Hsu, and Ping-Lin Kuo*

Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan,

Taiwan ,70101, ROC

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Tel.: +886-6-275 7575; Fax: +886-6-276 2331

e-mail: plkuo@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Supporting information

Figure S1. The IR spectra of (a) XSAE membrane and (b) PEO-b-PAN copolymer

-CH-
-OCH -CH2

4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 ppm
1.000

4.597

8.830

Figure S2 1H-NMR of PEO-b-PAN copolymer

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 -3
1.0x10
(a) XAE
(b) XSAE(15-1.5)
(c) XSAE(20-1.5)
(d) XSAE(25-1.5)
Current (A)

-4
5.0x10

d
c
b

a
0.0

2 3 4 5 6
Voltage (V)

Figure S3. Linear scan voltammograms of XAE and XSAE(x-1.5) GPEs.

Heat flow

XAE(0-0.66)
XSAE(15-0.66)
XSAE(20-0.66)
XSAE(25-0.66)
-100 0 100
o
Temperature ( C)

Figure S4. DSC curves of XSAE(x-0.66) hybrid membranes

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Figure S5. XAE charge−discharge profiles of capacity vs. cycle number

160 charge
discharge
140 XSAE(20-1.5)

120
Capacity (mAh g )
-1

100

80

60

40

20

0.1C 0.3C 0.5C 1C 2C 3C 5C

0
0 5 10 15 20
Cycle

Figure S6. XSAE(20-1.5) charge−discharge profiles of capacity vs. cycle number

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 Table S1. The thermal properties of XSAE(x-0.66) hybrid membranes
o o ∆H
Sample T5% ( C) Tm ( C)
(PEO J/g K)

XAE(0-0.66) 260 26.5 68.121

XSAE(15-0.66) 259 24.6 75.47

XSAE(20-0.66) 252 27.5 84.38

XSAE(25-0.66) 248 26.8 94.46

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